Watch-movement box



(No Model.)

A. P. PREELAND & O. H. WHITTEN.

, WATCH MOVEMENT BOX.

Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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ALBERT F. FBEELAND, OF MALDEN, AND CHARLES ll. YVHITTEN, OF \VALTHAM, MASSAGE USETTS.

WATCH-MOVEMENT BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,204, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed November 28, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALBERT F. FREE- LAND, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and UHARLEs H. VVHITTEN, of \Valtham, in the county and State aforesaid, citizens of the United States, haveinvented certain Improvements inlVatch- Movement Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and, exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of our improved watch-movement box, with the movement-holder in place therein and the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same with the watchmoven'lent therein and the cover in place. Fig. 3 is a view ofthe movement-holder removed from the box. Fig. 4. is a plan of the under side of the holder with a watch-movement therein. Fig. 51s a modification to be referred to.

Our invent-ion consists in a watch-movement packingbox having a removable holder of peculiar construction, which contains the watchmovement and confines it securely within the box, and when removed from the latter forms a convenient stand or device provided with legs or feet for suppoltng the movement above the level of the sales counter, or other surface upon which it may be placed, thus avoiding the liability of the movement becoming injured by laying it down when out of the box.

In the said drawings, A represents a watchmovement box, preferably composed of tin and provided, as usual, with a cover, 1). Around the periphery of this box A, at the junction of the side portion, 0, with the bottom a, is an outward] y-projectin g bead, forming on the inside of the box an annular groove, d, as seen in Fig. 2.

B is the watch-movement holder, which consists of a flat circular band or ring of brass,or other suitable material, of the proper diameter, to contain the watch-movement G, and of such width as to extend from the top plate to the case-shoulder. The lower edge of the holder B is turned slightly inward, forming a flange, 7, which fits close up to the top plate of the movement, and over this flange are turned the heads of the case-screws g, as seen in Fig. 4, for the purpose of confining the movement securely in place within the holder, a case-pin fitting into an aperture in a lug, t, at the upper edge of the band B serving as an additional means of holding the movement in place; but this lug i may be dispensed with, if desired, where there are two or more casescrews g. The holder B is provided at its lower edge with spring feet or legs k, preferably made integral therewith and extending outward therefrom, as seen in Fig. 3; and when the holder B is placed within the boxA and pressed down therein these feet yield slightly and spring or snap into the groove d, when the holder, with the movement therein, will be confined securely in place within the box A entirely out ofcontact with the side portion, 0, or bottom a, and with its dial in such position as to prevent the hands from coming into contact with the cover I), all rattling or looscness of the movement within the box A being thus prevented.

If preferred, the box A may be provided with an inwardlyprojecting bead instead of the groove (1, in which case the feet It will spring or snap under the head, as seen in Fig. 5; but this device we regard as the full equivalent of the groove. At the upper edge of the box A, at points diametrically opposite each other, are two open slots, m, to enable the holder 13 to be conveniently grasped by the thumb and finger in the operation of placing it and the movement within the box or removing them therefrom, to facilitate which the sides of the box A may be slightly compressed by the hand, to admit one of the feet k to the groove d or release it therefrom at the point where the diameter of the box is elongated by the compression.

WVhen the box is intended to contain a stemwinder movement, a suitable slot or notch is formed at the upper edge of the holder B to admit the winding-stem, which will extend nearly out to the side 0 of the box A.

The band B, when removed from the box A, can be set down on the feet 70, and thus forms a very convenient stand or holder for the movement contained therein when taken out of the box, as the feet It serve to support the movement in a horizontal position above the level of the sales counter or other surface on which it may be placed, and thus protect it from injury by contact therewith, as is liable to occur when a movement is taken out of an ordinary box and laid down in direct contact with a counter or other surface, a great advaniage being thus gained. Furthermore, our improved box is of exceedingly simple construction, possesses few parts, and is not liable to get out of order.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a watch-movement box or casing, A, having an interior peripheral groove or head at or near its bottom, of the removable movementholder B, provided with spring feet or legs 70, adapted to support the same in a horizontal position when out of the box and spring into or en gage with said groove or bead when the holder is placed within the.

box, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The removable holder B, adapted to contain the watch-movement and provided with a flange, f, around its lower edge, over which are turned the case-screws g of the movement, to confine the latter within the holder, and having outwardly and downwardly projecting spring feet or legs k, in combination with the box A, provided with a peripheral groove, d, at or near its bottom, for the reception of the lower ends of the feet k, all constructed to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

35 Witness our hands this 24th day of November, A. D. 1884.

ALBERT F. FREELAND. CHARLES H. WHITTEN. Inpresence of- P. E. TEsoHEMAcHER, W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

